Laser Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Functional Materials and In-Situ Synchrotron Radiation Research (Invited)

Guanqi Li; Dongsheng Zhang; Jiaxing Zheng; Lü Chao; Wei Liu; Xinqing Zhao; Bingbing Zhang; Huilong Hou

doi:10.3788/CJL240440

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